On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:56:15 -0500, Drumstick <no_thanks@you.com> wrote:
: In article <labolide-4881A7.21023925022007@news.giganews.com>,
: labolide@spacegmail.com says...
: > Sorry, Drum. I've been reading the occasional virus threat story for
: > years now. Still never been a real one.
: > BTW - how many Windows viruses are there now?
: >
: >
: Couple of things to consider folks:
: 1. The past is no guarantee of the future.
: 2. There was a time (and I'm old enough to remember it) when PCs didn't
: get viri either.

If you insist on getting cute with Latin words, you should at least do it in
the right case. The accusative plural of "virus" (assuming it's a
2nd-declension masculine noun) is "viros".

But since this use of "get" is idiomatic in English, you may be safer using
ablative instead (as in "infected by means of a virus"). That would be
"viris".

: 3. Humility is an honorable trait....keeps you out of trouble.
: <smile>
:
: As for the Mac's track record, no argument as I have never owned one.
: Worked on one at work once (IIe no less!) and it was a nightmare! Two
: versions of Basic, flaky hardware and SLOW as smoke even then.... See, I
: told you I was old enough.
:
: May you always be free of viri....but if it's true, I'm betting it won't
: last.

The genitive plural would be "virorum". But the more Latin-sounding "free from
viruses" would again use ablative (e.g., "liber a viris").

Since you're old enough to remember the good old days, you may have taken
Latin in high school too. ;^)